Settle your sweet tooth with Instant Pot Baked Apples. Stuffed with walnuts and golden raisins in a buttery sauce of cinnamon, vanilla, and brown sugar. Ready from start to finish in 20 minutes.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time7 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: instant pot apples
Servings: 4
Equipment
Instant Pot
Apple corer
Ingredients
4Apples
1 1/2cupswater
1/2 cupunsalted buttersoftened
1teaspoonvanilla
1/2teaspoon nutmeg
1tablespooncinnamon
4tablespoonsbrown sugar
1/2cupwalnutschopped
1/2cupgolden raisins
Instructions
Let's get the Instant Pot ready. Place the inner pot inside your Instant Pot and pour 1 1/2 cups water into the pot. Then hold the trivet (the stainless steel rack) by the handles to put it inside the pot.
Use a produce brush to clean your apples under running water. Create a well in the middle of your apple by pushing an apple corer almost to the bottom of the apple. But remember not to push the corer all the way through the apple, so your filling doesn't fall out later. Use a melon baller to scoop out the flesh of the apple, so you have more room for the filling. And place them on a cutting board for later.
In a small bowl, use a spoon to mix together the butter, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar, walnuts, and golden raisins. Use the spoon to evenly fill each apple with the filling mixture.
Gently put the apples on the trivet inside the Instant Pot.
Put the lid on and lock it in place with the steam release lever in the sealed position.
Press the Pressure button and set the timer for seven minutes. When the pressure cooker is done, do a natural pressure release for five minutes and then release the remaining pressure manually. If the apples are still firm, pressure cook the apples for two more minutes.
Open the lid and use a pair of tongs to transfer the apples to serving plates. Be careful, they will be very hot.
Serve warm and top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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Notes
If you don’t have an apple corer, try using a pairing knife to cut out the apple core to create the well. Then scoop out the flesh with a melon baller. If you don’t have a melon baller, use a tablespoon to scoop out the flesh.